Juvenile delinquents commit crimes for money

时间：2006-09-22 02:12:12

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Chinanews, Taiyuan, Sept. 22 – A survey launched by judicatory authorities in Shanxi Province shows that 79.3% of the juvenile1 delinquents2 commit crimes mainly for money.

 

Some 27% of these juvenile delinquents had got little supervision3 from their families, and they committed crimes in order to possess others' properties illegally. The first three crimes are theft, robbery and plunder4.

 

Zhang Hong, 17, was addicted5 to drugs for years. In order to raise money to buy heroine, he and his confederates robbed several people, and once they seized 50 thousand yuan ($6,310) at one stroke. "These people are corrupted6 officials, why are they so rich if not?" Zhang replied bluntly when he was investigated by local police. They had robbed 200 thousand yuan and squandered7 all of them.

 

Lu Chunxian, a prosecutor8 in Taiyuan, has studied the psychological motivation of these juvenile delinquents for years, and he thinks no one is forced to rob or steal because of poverty. They committed such crimes to entertain themselves with drinking, smoking or even drug taking. They had little knowledge of law, thus they thought they had just "made some mistakes," refusing to admit they had broken the law.

 
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1 juvenile OkEy2     
n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的
参考例句：
  • For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
  • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
2 delinquents 03c7fc31eb1c2f3334b049f2f2139264     
n.（尤指青少年）有过失的人，违法的人( delinquent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The robbery was committed by a group of delinquents. 那起抢劫案是一群青少年干的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There is today general agreement that juvenile delinquents are less responsible than older offenders. 目前人们普遍认为青少年罪犯比成人罪犯的责任小些。 来自辞典例句
3 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
4 plunder q2IzO     
vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠
参考例句：
  • The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
  • Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。
5 addicted dzizmY     
adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的
参考例句：
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
6 corrupted 88ed91fad91b8b69b62ce17ae542ff45     
（使）败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏
参考例句：
  • The body corrupted quite quickly. 尸体很快腐烂了。
  • The text was corrupted by careless copyists. 原文因抄写员粗心而有讹误。
7 squandered 330b54102be0c8433b38bee15e77b58a     
v.（指钱，财产等）浪费，乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
  • She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气，好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。 来自飘（部分）
8 prosecutor 6RXx1     
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
参考例句：
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
  • The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

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